TOWN OF FENTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1-1 2.0 LOCATION.................................................................................................................2-1 3.0 BRIEF HISTORY OF FENTON.................................................................................3-1 3.1 Overview................................................................................................................3-1 3.2 Existing Historic Resources...................................................................................3-2 4.0 POPULATION............................................................................................................4-1 4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................4-1 4.2 Population Trends ..................................................................................................4-1 4.3 Census Tract and Block Group Population............................................................4-2 4.4 Urban and Rural Population...................................................................................4-3 4.5 Age.........................................................................................................................4-3 4.6 Race and Ethnicity .................................................................................................4-5 4.7 Household and Family Size ...................................................................................4-7 4.8 Family Type...........................................................................................................4-8 4.10 School Enrollment ...............................................................................................4-7 4.11 Educational Attainment .......................................................................................4-8 4.12 Income..................................................................................................................4-9 4.13 Poverty................................................................................................................4-10 5.0 HOUSING....................................................................................................................5-1 5.1 Introduction............................................................................................................5-1 5.2 Housing Units ........................................................................................................5-1 5.3 Urban and Rural Housing Units.............................................................................5-2 5.4 Housing Type.........................................................................................................5-2 5.5 Mobile Home Parks ...............................................................................................5-3 5.6 Housing Growth.....................................................................................................5-3 5.7 Building Permits ....................................................................................................5-4 5.8 Age of Housing......................................................................................................5-5 5.9 Housing Tenure......................................................................................................5-5 5.10 Occupancy Status ..................................................................................................5-6 5.11 Vacancy Status ......................................................................................................5-6 5.12 Housing Value Range............................................................................................5-7 5.13 Median Housing Values ........................................................................................5-7 5.14 Housing Turnover..................................................................................................5-8 - i - 6.0 EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS..........................................6-1 6.1 Introduction............................................................................................................6-1 6.2 Civilian Labor Force, Participation and Unemployment.......................................6-1 6.3 Occupations............................................................................................................6-1 6.3 Labor Force by Industrial Sector ...........................................................................6-2 6.4 Employers ..............................................................................................................6-3 6.6 Place of Work ........................................................................................................6-4 6.7 Travel Time to Work .............................................................................................6-4 7.0 LAND USE.................................................................................................................7-1 7.1 Introduction............................................................................................................7-1 7.2 Current Land Use Patterns.....................................................................................7-1 8.0 ENVIRONMENT........................................................................................................8-1 8.1 Introduction............................................................................................................8-1 8.2 Topography............................................................................................................8-1 8.3 Unique Natural Areas ............................................................................................8-2 8.4 Surface Water.........................................................................................................8-2 8.5 Ground Water.........................................................................................................8-3 8.6 Stormwater.............................................................................................................8-4 8.7 Floodplains.............................................................................................................8-5 8.8 Soils........................................................................................................................8-5 8.9 Other Environmental Considerations.....................................................................8-6 9.0 AGRICULTURE.........................................................................................................9-1 9.1 Introduction...........................................................................................................9-1 9.2 Agricultural Profile of the Town of Fenton ..........................................................9-1 9.3 New York State Agricultural Districts..................................................................9-2 9.4 Agricultural District No. 4 ....................................................................................9-2 9.5 Agricultural Districts Law and Local Government ..............................................9-4 9.6 Local Planning ......................................................................................................9-5 10.0 TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE..................................................10-1 10.1 Introduction........................................................................................................10-1 10.2 Highways and Roads..........................................................................................10-1 10.2 PublicTransportation.........................................................................................10-3 10.4 Non-Motorized Transportation ..........................................................................10-3 11.0 PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES.................................................................11-1 11.1 Introduction........................................................................................................11-1 11.2 Federal Facilities................................................................................................11-1 11.3 State Facilities....................................................................................................11-1 11.4 County Facilities ................................................................................................11-2 11.5 TownFacilities...................................................................................................11-2 11.6 Other Local Facilities.........................................................................................11-2 11.7 PublicSafety ......................................................................................................11-3 - ii - 12.0 PUBLIC UTILITIES.................................................................................................12-1 12.1 Introduction........................................................................................................12-1 12.2 Water Supply .....................................................................................................12-1 12.3 Sewage Disposal ................................................................................................12-1 13.0 ORDINANCE REVIEW...........................................................................................13-1